On February 26, an angry group of some 300 men gathered outside a restaurant in Pakistan’s capital Lahore, where a woman was seen wearing an outfit made with a fabric with imprinted Arabic calligraphy ...

Myths about how the Black Death traveled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single ...

Palestinian-American artist and author Leila Abdelrazaq was detained and interrogated in Arizona, near the Mexican border, because of notebook sketches and Arabic writing. After her brief detainment, ...

The manuscript is on display at the Safir Ardehal kiosk from Tehran, where visitors can witness the precision and beauty of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article portrays some aspects of the unique circumstances of Christian Arabs in current day Israel. More specifically, we focus on ...

As part of its centennial celebrations, Sharjah Public Libraries (SPL) launched ‘The History of Letters and Movement’ exhibition at Al Rahmaniyah Mall, which runs until July 20, in collaboration with ...

Dubai: It is often argued that the advent of the internet led to an evolution in Arabic literature that is unprecedented. While some argue that the internet weakens the Arabic language, others say ...

On 16 August 2016 Twitter user Zarah Sultana published what became an instantly viral tweet, depicting a woman carrying a tote bag with Arabic writing and bearing a humorous translation: Text on bag ...

At the Grey Gallery, it’s as if you’re inhabiting the artist’s own brush as it hesitates between writing and drawing. By Will Heinrich There’s something thrilling about the extreme flexibility of the ...